Palaeugoa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It contains only one species, Palaeugoa spurrelli, which is found in Ghana and Kenya.[1]

Palaeugoa
image showing 2 photos of the moth, one the type specimen, and some x-rays of different parts of the mother, zoomed in
Palaeugoa spurrelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Palaeugoa
Durante, 2012
Species:
P. spurrelli
Binomial name
Palaeugoa spurrelli
(Hampson, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Xanthetis spurrelli Hampson, 1914
  • Asura spurrelli

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